snowfall

18 commentsToday's snowfall of 3.8 inches breaks by 3/10ths of an inch the record previously held by the winter of 1995-96 with 54.7 inches, according to McCormick Observatory, Charlottesville's official...

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We're in the deep snow belt (shown in blue), but don't believe the hype beyond this AccuWeather map from Wednesday morning.
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Punxsutawney Phil could be right. The National Weather Service...

16 commentsWhile public response has been criticized, private crews have made mountains out of snowhills, such as this peak near Chipotle restaurant in Barracks Road Shopping Center. Photographed at 9:59am...

17 commentsThomas Jefferson measured 36 inches of snow in 1772.
PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
It's official: The snowfall that began wreaking havoc on Charlottesville and Albemarle County December 18-19 measures 20.5...

1 comments After several days of turmoil, including a little pond on Monday that bred an ice event Tuesday near the Comfort Inn, Route 29 was moving smoothly enough for transportation of a small structure at 8...

4 comments7:49am Tuesday near Emmet on Ivy Road, where the path is still snow and ice.
PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
The following is an 8am update of some of the major roads in the area using the "Blackometer," the...

53 commentsA stuck truck, Saturday morning on 29 southbound.
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2:59pm update: new slideshow from Western Albemarle. (previous slideshow).
According to a new release from Albemarle County...

8 commentsIvy Road Saturday near Ednam at 9:37am.
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The two Charlottesville-area shelters have nearly 100 people holed up inside, according to a morning release from Albemarle County...

39 commentsOne VDOT snowplow unable to plow any snow. SLIDESHOW
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"I had no no clue," said Larry Powell, who set out Friday night from Landover, Maryland, in an 18-wheeler carrying a load...

25 commentsOne of the nine cars that slid off Dick Woods Road between Rt. 250 and I-64 before 7pm Friday.
PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
The botched commute that opened what appears on its way to becoming a record...

7 commentsNow 22-26" predicted. (Already 13" fallen in Western Albemarle.)
5:52:am Saturday update: Western Albemarle has at least 17" on the ground, and the National Weather Service is calling for more...

45 commentsWestbound Route 250 traffic, seen from the Toddsbury lot at 6:56pm, crawled through the village of Ivy.
PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
Commuter vehicles driven without appropriate equipment or skills are...